Homework will be assigned regularly and you will be expected to check this page daily. I will often send out wiki mail announcements to let you know that the homework which I announced in class has been posted, but do not rely on those wiki emails as reminders for your work because I cannot guarantee that I will send messages every time work is posted.
Homework assignments will be graded according to two scales. For smaller assignments, I use the √+, √, √- system, which correspond to grades A, B, and C, just of a smaller value. Larger assignments will be graded with letter grades from A range to C range. All incomplete homework will be given a grade a I and returned to you for completion.
Students who have incomplete work lasting over more than one additional class session will be sent to study hall to complete the work. Late assignments result in the lowering of a grade unless a prior arrangement for illness or other reason has been made with me.
PLEASE NOTE: WEEKLY PARASHAT HASHAVU'AH ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE ASSIGNMENT TABLE BELOW. HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE POSTED EVERY WEEK ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY TO BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY. THE TOP LINE OF THE HOMEWORK TABLE IS THE ONE AND ONLY POSTING I WILL MAKE FOR THIS SUBJECT.
If you wish to email me homework assignments, please do so to my rabbibellas@students.talmudtorah.com account. Emailed assignments sent anywhere else will not be checked because I do not check any other email addresses.
Date Posted
Assignment
Due Date
Weekly
Parashat HaShavu'ah post
Fridays Before Shabbat
January 27th
JUDAISM AND ECOLOGY PROJECT:
We will begin presentations by random selection on Friday, February 3rd. All
projects/presentations must be ready to go by that date.
COMMENTARY ASSIGNMENT:
You must have a full draft completed by the end of the period on the date listed
for your class.
Friday, February 3rd
7A - February 13th
7B - February 15th
January 24th
MVP MITZVAH CHOICE
Use the MVP Mitzvot Unit shared doc to browse through and select your
mitzvah. Follow the instructions as indicated in the email I sent to Grade 7.
November 23rd
Three assignment for the Parasha Project are due to be complete before the
break:
1) Summary - way overdue if not complete
2) Glossary - somewhat overdue if not complete
3) Favorite Pasuk - on track now
December 16th
November 9th
Goal Setting Form: Please complete it, print it out, and return to me in class
Roots & Wings: Narrative Essay Draft Due
Timeline and Map should be either complete or near complete
These due dates are being given to help you managing your time. You do not
HAVE to finish the map and timeline by next week, BUT it will leave you a lot
of work to do in the last week if you don't have them done.
Tuesday, November 15th
November 4th
"God is Like" posts due in the shared google doc. Remember 3 good "God is
Likes" meets expectations and earns you a B level grade.
Wednesday, November 9th
November 1st
Tikkun Olam: Interview for Roots & WIngs
November 8th
October 28th
Prepare for the 104 Names of God Debate. Here is the list of the "contradictors,"
the metaphors that repeated on both the Top 5 side and the Bottom 5 side:
9 - Most High
39 - I
2 - King
26 - The Rock
95 - Hidden of Hiddens
34 - King over the King of Kings
For TWO of the metaphors from the list above, you must choose to argue either
PRO (for) or CON (against). You must write out your arguments and I will be
checking them in class before the debates begin. There is no required length for
your arguments, but they must be thoughtful and thorough. Everyone will be
called upon to speak during our double block on Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 2nd
October 26th
Post Top and Bottom 5 of 104 Names of God
Friday, October 28th
October 25th
1) Tikkun Olam: Remembering: I Stood with... Poem
2) Sports Saves the World if you did not yet complete it - LATE
1) November 1st
October 18th
Tikkun Olam:
1) Read the article "Sports Saves the World" and answer the following questions:
a) What is the connection between Tikun Olam and this article?
b) What mitzvot are connected to the organizations described in the article?
c) Which organization's work do you connect most to personally?
Post your responses IN THE DISCUSSION TAB of the Tikkun Olam page
2) "Remember I Stood With" Poem - You will have work in class time next week,
so you DO NOT NEED TO WORK ON THIS AT HOME THIS WEEK!
You need to include at least 10 events and include:
a. sensory language and voice
b. central events/memories that impact your identity from both Jewish and non-
Jewish past.
1) Tuesday, October 25th
2) Tuesday, November 1st
October 17th
Chumash Project glossaries drafts are due next week
Chumash Project summary final copies are due in two weeks
10/24 (7A) and 10/26 (7B)
10/31 (7A) and 11/2 (7B)
Sukkot Package, pages 1-5
Tue/Wed, Oct. 11th-12th
October 5th
Printed wordle, list of 20 words, paragraph explanation (see the wiki page)
Pages 1-2 of the Sukkot packet (you will find the packet on the B. Packets
page of the wiki. Click on the link to the PDF Sukkot - Dwelling... to either print
the two pages OR copy and paste them into a google doc that you could share
with me).
Draft of your parasha summary
Friday, October 7th
Friday, October 7th
overdue, so ASAP!
October 4th
Hello My Name Is...For next class period, bring your name lineage going back
to your great-granparents. For example, my lineage is:
Father: Yehuda Moshe
Mother: Rivka Mindel
Grandparents (Father's Side): Aron v'Sara
Grandparents (Mother's Side): Zev v'Freidel
Great Grandparents (Father's Side): Yehuda Zundel v'Sara v'Yitzhak v'Chana
Great Granparents (Mother's Side): Meir v'Etta v'Mikha'el v'Pesa
Tuesday, October 11th
Sept. 27th
Etymology of Names (First & Middle) - Individual Research work and Parent
Interview
NO TWIDUCATE THIS WEEK IN HONOR OF ROSH HASHANA
Tuesday, October 4th
Sept. 23rd
God Talk Unit - Come to class with your brainstormed list of AT LEAST
20 God belief words or phrases that you will use for your wordle. Read
Assignment 1 on the God Talk wiki page for the full description of the
assignment.
REMINDER: Your Parasha Project Summaries are also due the same
day
Wednesday, October 5th
Wednesday, October 5th
Sept. 14th
T'shuva Unit - Did Darth Vader do T'shuva? 6 Questions at the bottom
of the T'shuvah Unit page.
Please submit via google doc, NOT by email. Toddah.
Wednesday, Sept. 21st
Week of Sept. 12th
Come to school knowing the name of your Bar/Bat Mitzvah Torah portion
Homework Page
Homework will be assigned regularly and you will be expected to check this page daily. I will often send out wiki mail announcements to let you know that the homework which I announced in class has been posted, but do not rely on those wiki emails as reminders for your work because I cannot guarantee that I will send messages every time work is posted.
Homework assignments will be graded according to two scales. For smaller assignments, I use the √+, √, √- system, which correspond to grades A, B, and C, just of a smaller value. Larger assignments will be graded with letter grades from A range to C range. All incomplete homework will be given a grade a I and returned to you for completion.
Students who have incomplete work lasting over more than one additional class session will be sent to study hall to complete the work. Late assignments result in the lowering of a grade unless a prior arrangement for illness or other reason has been made with me.
PLEASE NOTE: WEEKLY PARASHAT HASHAVU'AH ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE ASSIGNMENT TABLE BELOW. HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE POSTED EVERY WEEK ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY TO BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY. THE TOP LINE OF THE HOMEWORK TABLE IS THE ONE AND ONLY POSTING I WILL MAKE FOR THIS SUBJECT.
If you wish to email me homework assignments, please do so to my rabbibellas@students.talmudtorah.com account. Emailed assignments sent anywhere else will not be checked because I do not check any other email addresses.
Date Posted
Assignment
Due Date
Weekly
Parashat HaShavu'ah post
Fridays Before Shabbat
We will begin presentations by random selection on Friday, February 3rd. All
projects/presentations must be ready to go by that date.
COMMENTARY ASSIGNMENT:
You must have a full draft completed by the end of the period on the date listed
for your class.
7A - February 13th
7B - February 15th
Use the MVP Mitzvot Unit shared doc to browse through and select your
mitzvah. Follow the instructions as indicated in the email I sent to Grade 7.
break:
1) Summary - way overdue if not complete
2) Glossary - somewhat overdue if not complete
3) Favorite Pasuk - on track now
Timeline and Map should be either complete or near complete
These due dates are being given to help you managing your time. You do not
HAVE to finish the map and timeline by next week, BUT it will leave you a lot
of work to do in the last week if you don't have them done.
Likes" meets expectations and earns you a B level grade.
the metaphors that repeated on both the Top 5 side and the Bottom 5 side:
9 - Most High
39 - I
2 - King
26 - The Rock
95 - Hidden of Hiddens
34 - King over the King of Kings
For TWO of the metaphors from the list above, you must choose to argue either
PRO (for) or CON (against). You must write out your arguments and I will be
checking them in class before the debates begin. There is no required length for
your arguments, but they must be thoughtful and thorough. Everyone will be
called upon to speak during our double block on Wednesday.
2) Sports Saves the World if you did not yet complete it - LATE
1) Read the article "Sports Saves the World" and answer the following questions:
a) What is the connection between Tikun Olam and this article?
b) What mitzvot are connected to the organizations described in the article?
c) Which organization's work do you connect most to personally?
Post your responses IN THE DISCUSSION TAB of the Tikkun Olam page
2) "Remember I Stood With" Poem - You will have work in class time next week,
so you DO NOT NEED TO WORK ON THIS AT HOME THIS WEEK!
You need to include at least 10 events and include:
a. sensory language and voice
b. central events/memories that impact your identity from both Jewish and non-
Jewish past.
2) Tuesday, November 1st
Chumash Project summary final copies are due in two weeks
10/31 (7A) and 11/2 (7B)
Pages 1-2 of the Sukkot packet (you will find the packet on the B. Packets
page of the wiki. Click on the link to the PDF Sukkot - Dwelling... to either print
the two pages OR copy and paste them into a google doc that you could share
with me).
Draft of your parasha summary
Friday, October 7th
overdue, so ASAP!
to your great-granparents. For example, my lineage is:
Father: Yehuda Moshe
Mother: Rivka Mindel
Grandparents (Father's Side): Aron v'Sara
Grandparents (Mother's Side): Zev v'Freidel
Great Grandparents (Father's Side): Yehuda Zundel v'Sara v'Yitzhak v'Chana
Great Granparents (Mother's Side): Meir v'Etta v'Mikha'el v'Pesa
Interview
NO TWIDUCATE THIS WEEK IN HONOR OF ROSH HASHANA
20 God belief words or phrases that you will use for your wordle. Read
Assignment 1 on the God Talk wiki page for the full description of the
assignment.
REMINDER: Your Parasha Project Summaries are also due the same
day
Wednesday, October 5th
of the T'shuvah Unit page.
Please submit via google doc, NOT by email. Toddah.